[TR] [EXTERNAL] - Re: Shakedown drive questions

[wbeech]

Glad to hear you don’t have a water issue…… If this is a new build the smoke you are seeing could simply be stray bits of lube burning off.

 

Fiddle with the timing a little, I use the factory recommended 4deg BTDC but other people have varied from this, usually more advanced.  Don’t know how much petro is in your tank so allow for that blending before you rule out premium gas as a solution.

 

Good luck.

Bill

 

From: David Templeton [mailto:davidt at opentext.com] 
Sent: Sunday, June 9, 2019 2:19 PM
To: Wbeech at flash.net
Cc: Triumphs at Autox Team. Net <triumphs at autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: [EXTERNAL] - Re: [TR] Shakedown drive questions

 

Ok checked under cap, minor amount of black "soot" so thinking oil blow off?   Definitely no water.  Phew :-) 

 

As for the temperature, southern Ontario yesterday was 24degC so nothing overly hot but motor did get up to 190degF.  

 

So, try retarding the dizzy a bit or stick some premium fuel in as step one?

 

 

 

On Jun 9, 2019 2:47 PM, "Wbeech at flash.net <mailto:Wbeech at flash.net> " <wbeech at flash.net <mailto:wbeech at flash.net> > wrote:

Shakedown runs are good, I try to get in at least 200 miles before buttoning up the interior  

 

RE: Smoke from the breather.  Check you water level to be sure it is where you last checked it.  Pull the oil filler cap and look underneath, if you see a grayish gunk then you probably have water in your oil....not a good thing.  Clean it off and go again to be sure.  

 

RE: Pinging.  Where do you live, hot day driving?  Pinging, or pre-ignition, can be either timing is too advanced or you need to step up the octane rating of your petrol.  In the summertime I always run premium.  This could be causing the engine to run hot and thus some smoke, if not steam, at your breather.  

 

Hope this helps,

Bill

 

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On Jun 9, 2019, at 1:05 PM, David Templeton <davidt at opentext.com <mailto:davidt at opentext.com> > wrote:

As reported, I have been doing shakedown runs with the ‘3a, getting in the 100km shake out and seeing where everything is.  What I have so far

 

*	5w-30 and cheap oil filter swapped out for VR-1 20-50 and much better filter.
*	Gearbox oil drained ( unknown vintage ) and Valvoline MTL filled ( very quiet now 😊) 
*	Looks like my attempt to adjust the fuel gauge is not working completely.  

 

But some things I have noticed during and after a drive

 

*	After even a short drive, open the hood and vapors, do not know if it is steam or smoke is coming out of the valve breather….What is that?
*	Cruising along in 4th at about 100kph/60mph, give a little more gas I hear, what is badly described as a ‘pinging’ of ‘tinging’.  I am thinking the dizzy is advancing too far?  Or not far enough?
*	Looks like the MTL being a little thinner and as such is “weeping” from places 😊 

 

David 

 

 

 

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